Thanksgiving is the perfect time to reconnect with family. Gather up your friends and family and get out of the house this Thanksgiving weekend to celebrate the harvest season. Have a great time checking out what is going on this Thanksgiving Weekend around Halifax.
Thanksgiving is the perfect time to reconnect with family. Gather up your friends and family and get out of the house this Thanksgiving weekend to celebrate the harvest season. Have a great time checking out what is going on this Thanksgiving Weekend around Halifax.
Nowadays Festival
Enjoy three days of music and culture at the Nowadays Festival. This year’s lineup includes Lydia Lunch, Cass McCombs, Fucked Up, and many more performances. Details
October 8 – 10, 2026
Various locations, Dartmouth
Thanksgiving Brunch/Dinner
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28th Annual ANSMA Awards Show
Join us for one of the most anticipated nights in African Nova Scotian music as we celebrate the 28th Annual ANSMA Awards Show, our flagship event dedicated to honouring excellence, creativity, and cultural impact.
This year’s theme, “And The Beat Goes On,” celebrates both legacy and momentum. It is a powerful tribute to the trailblazers who laid the foundation, while shining a spotlight on the next generation of artists who continue to shape new sounds, influence culture, and drive global conversations forward..
Thursday, October 8, 2026 | 6:00 PM
Light House Arts Centre, 1800 Argyle Street, Halifax
Bluenose Ghosts Festival
The Bluenose Ghosts Festival’s Haunted Mansion is back this year. Visitors can also go on crypt rides, have an escape room experience, and more!!
Details
October 4, 8 – 11, 15 – 18, 21 – 31, 2026 | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Dartmouth Waterfront
ticketed
Halifax Bird Festival & Market
Come celebrate Nova Scotia’s birds! Learn more about the incredible birds that call our province home, discover what we can do to help our feathered friends, and connect with fellow bird lovers.
The market will feature birdy vendors, including local artists, makers, and books plus fun activities for all ages! Details
Friday, October 9, 2026 | 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Halifax Brewery Market, 1496 Lower Water St, Halifax
Free
Flashback
This incredible musical experience celebrates the music of five different legendary groups, including Motown… The Beach Boys… The Beatles… The Bee Gees… as well as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
Details
Friday, October 9, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Ave, Halifax
$76 + fees
Workshop: Intro to Storytelling
Join us Saturday, October 11th, from 11 am to 3 pm for A Very Special Farm Fest, in A special workshop at the Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum: Everyone has a story. How can you make that story a good one so that people will want to listen to it?…by learning skills and techniques in the art of oral storytelling. Join Halifax Storyteller, Cindy Campbell-Stone, in this fun and engaging workshop.
Details
Thursday, October 8, 2026 | 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum, 471 Poplar Drive, Cole Harbour
Register
Burnt Sugar Blue
Burnt Sugar Blue brings together the work of four contemporary artists: Stina Baudin, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Bushra Junaid, and Christina Leslie. These artists’ distinct practices examine the intertwined histories of the Black Atlantic through photography, installation, textiles, print, and mixed media. Curated by writer and artist francesca ekwuyasi, the exhibition concerns itself with how materials become repositories of memory, carrying histories of migration, labour, displacement, survival, liberation, and creativity across the Black Atlantic.
Details
September 11 – November 8, 2026
Dalhousie Art Gallery, 6101 University Ave, Halifax
Free admission
Halifax Mooseheads
Catch Halifax Mooseheads in action at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax! Details
vs. Drummondville on Saturday, October 10, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax
Daniel Lanois
GRAMMY Award-winning musician and producerDaniel Lanois returns to the East Coast this fall with a stop in the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on October 10, presented by Sonic Concerts.
Details
Saturday, October 10, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Ave, Halifax
$53.25 – $63.25 + fees
Spooky and Scary Halloween Market
Come shop from 50+ local small business vendors and get into the spooky spirit. There’s something for the whole family, including shopping, raffles, games, food, coloring corner for the kids and so much more!
Details
Sunday, October 11, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Spryfield Lions Rink, 111 Drysdale Road, Halifax
$2 at the door (ages 12+)
Halifax Citadel Ghost Tour
Climb to the top of the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site and meet your historically costumed guide on the drawbridge at the main gate of the Halifax Citadel. For 70 minutes, you’ll be led by candlelight through tunnels and prison cells, and hear true accounts of unexplained events in their actual locations.
Details
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Until October 30, 2026 | 8:30 PM
Halifax Citadel, 5425 Sackville St, Halifax
Tours start at the front gate of the Halifax Citadel (accessible on foot from Brunswick Street, or by car from Sackville Street)
$23.29 per person
Family Round Up Adventure
Round up the family for some farm fun. Take the horse drawn wagon ride to Fort Clayton. Meet animals at the petting farm, enjoy the Rubber Rodeo, the Hillbilly fun lines, playgrounds and mini-golf.
Details
Saturdays & Sundays | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Hatfield Farm, 1840 Hammonds Plains Road, Hammonds Plains
General Admission (ages 2 -16) $31.85
Fall Festival at RiverBreeze Farm
Take a drive up to Truro this Thanksgiving Weekend to challenge your maze-solving skills at their annual corn maze. After exploring the corn maze, spend the day on the farm. Pet some farm animals and even meet kangaroos. Head over to their pumpkin patch to pick the perfect pumpkin.
The Fear Farm is open on Fridays and Saturday nights. So if you are looking for something scary, do check it out!
2026 Theme: 25 Year Anniversary. Details
Fall Festival | September 19 – November 1, 2026
Saturdays, Sundays & Thanksgiving Monday | 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM
U-pick Pumpkin Patch | Saturdays, Sundays & Thanksgiving Monday | 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Fear Farm | Fridays & Saturdays, October 3 – 31 | Gates 6:30 PM
660 Onslow Road, Truro
Fall Festival $19.95 – $23.95; Fear Farm: $30.70+
Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market
The Seaport Farmers’ Market is iconic, and fall is one of the best times to visit. You can easily find everything you need to make Thanksgiving dinner under one roof from the world-class vendors. The market is open on Saturdays from 8 am to 2 pm and on Sundays from 10 am to 2 pm.
Details
1209 Marginal Road, Halifax
Find a perfect pumpkin
Have you ever wondered where those giant pumpkins in some grocery stores come from? Many of them come from Howard Dill’s Pumpkin Farm. The farm is under an hour’s drive from Halifax, and you can pick out a pumpkin and see the giant vegetables they grow.
Details
400 Collage Road, Windsor
HFX Wanderers FC
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Monday, October 12, 2026 | 5:00 PM
5819 Sackville St, Halifax
Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum
Explore heritage buildings and meet some farm animals at Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum. This farm is a rural oasis in HRM. During the fall, there is always something to do around the farm.
Details
Wednesday to Sunday, May 15 through October 15 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
471 Poplar Drive, Cole Harbour
Admission is by donation
Enjoy a Turkey Dinner Crepe
For something unique to enjoy this Thanksgiving, check out Portland Street Creperie’s Turkey Dinner Crepe. The Crepe will be available with turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, and gravy until Thanksgiving.
Details
May 15th through October 15
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Are there any Thanksgiving tours of Nova Scotia/PEI?